Anaplan

Enterprise Account Executive

Anaplan$90K — $130K *
Enterprise Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of consultative sales experience, primarily targeting Fortune 2000 companies.
  • History of selling successfully to senior executive buyers, particularly VPs and SVPs.
  • Proven record of exceeding sales quotas with high-value contracts, often in the six-figure range.
  • Established network within the industry, including clients and implementation partners.
  • Solid understanding of supply chain management, FP&A, and workforce planning.
  • Strong skills in opportunity management, capable of handling multiple sales opportunities effectively.
  • Relevant degree in Business, Finance, or Economics, or equivalent experience.

Responsibilities

  • Engage with enterprise clients to identify and solve broken business processes using Anaplan solutions.
  • Build business value throughout the sales engagement process.
  • Conduct engaging presentations for C-suite and senior leaders, including CFOs and CROs.
  • Manage customer development and opportunity tracking from start to finish across various functions.
  • Utilize value-based selling strategies to guide the sales process and ensure accurate forecasting.
  • Identify expansion opportunities within accounts through cross-selling and up-selling strategies.
  • Collaborate with Sales Development Reps, Marketing, Solutions Consultants, and Customer Success teams.

Benefits

  • Flexible work environment with a focus on digital transformation.
  • Opportunity to sell a versatile and impactful product.
  • Collaboration with a cross-functional team for holistic sales strategy.
  • Potential to engage with high-level clients and influential decision-makers.
Full Job Description
Anaplan is hiring an ENTERPRISE ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE. In this role, you will take your proven track record of selling sophisticated technology solutions and account management and sell an incredibly versatile platform. Our sales team is helping industry leaders understand the impact of Anaplan products and how our connected planning solution is ending siloed decision-making. You will help our customers achieve their immediate business goals while setting their businesses up for the future.

This role will be a catalyst for Anaplan's continued growth while leading digital transformation. Reporting directly to the Regional Vice President (RVP). You may have up to 15-25 accounts in a defined geographic territory, mostly greenfield accounts with several existing Anaplan customers. This type of territory requires someone to further build our footprint by hunting and locking in new logo accounts as well as rapidly growing opportunities within the current customer base.

Your Impact
  • Engaging with enterprise clients to identify broken business processes and position Anaplan's unique ability to solve the problem
  • Build Anaplan's business value throughout the selling engagement.
  • Conduct highly effective presentations from the Director through SVP and key C-suite level decision makers including CFOs, CROs, and senior leaders in supply chain, workforce, and other business functions
  • Develop customers and own opportunity management start-to-finish across multiple customer targets and functions
  • Apply Anaplan's value-based selling methodology and tools to run sales processes and accurately forecast business
  • Employ outstanding account leadership skills to identify account expansion opportunities by cross-selling and up-selling opportunities within targeted accounts
  • Work with cross-functional members of Sales Development Reps, Marketing, Solution Consultants, and the Customer Success teams

Your Qualifications
  • 5+ years of consultative sales experience into Fortune 2000 companies, ideally in SaaS solutions (but not required)
  • Shown success selling into Vice President / Senior Vice President buyers
  • History of overachieving sales quota & targets, including demonstrated history of multiple high six-figure annual contract value (ACV) deals (services and/or software)
  • Demonstrated network in your industry territory, with a mix of some customers and implementation partners
  • Domain understanding (Supply Chain, FP&A, Workforce Planning & Sales) and knowledge of how these functions plan, process work and make decisions
  • Strong, demonstrated opportunity management practices (e.g. sales process, qualification, executive presentation skills, quote presentation, and negotiation), and ability to balance multiple (3-5) opportunities at once
  • Business, Finance, Economics, related BS/BA degree or relevant years of experience
  • Demonstrated experience selling into technology, media, and/or telecommunication accounts
  • Demonstrated understanding of the pressing business challenges faced by technology, media, and telecommunication organizations today

Preferred Skills
  • Experience with SFDC, Altify, Marketo, and Engagio a plus
  • Account Planning experience Altify, MEDPICC, Miller Heiman


About Anaplan

Anaplan is a cloud-based business planning and performance management platform that enables businesses to manage their financial and operational planning processes. The platform provides a range of solutions, including sales performance management, workforce planning, supply chain planning, and financial planning and analysis. Anaplan's platform is designed to be flexible and scalable, allowing businesses to adapt to changing market conditions and business needs. The company was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.
Learn more about Anaplan
Size
14 employees
Market Cap
$9.4 billion
Industry
Net Income
-$153.9 million
Founded
2006
5 Year Trend
+37.5%
Revenue
$447.7 million
NASDAQ

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